University of Ottawa vs York University: who pays more?
University of Ottawa had 2,861 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $144,819, York University 2,557 with a median of $157,104 — York University pays its listed staff 8% more at the median, and University of Ottawa lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
- York University
- 2,557
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
- York University
- $157,104
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
- York University
- $170,678
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
- York University
- $438.1M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Ottawa
- York University
Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.
Year by year
| Year | University of Ottawa | York University | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 2,861 | $144,819 | 2,557 | $157,104 |
| 2024 | 2,244 | $160,342 | 2,711 | $159,321 |
| 2023 | 2,047 | $151,849 | 2,318 | $150,148 |
| 2022 | 1,949 | $153,018 | 2,229 | $152,989 |
| 2021 | 1,850 | $153,279 | 2,125 | $149,843 |
| 2020 | 1,675 | $154,271 | 1,995 | $150,740 |
| 2019 | 1,595 | $153,684 | 1,850 | $153,620 |
| 2018 | 1,530 | $150,159 | 1,691 | $147,823 |
| 2017 | 1,496 | $148,005 | 1,681 | $146,733 |
| 2016 | 1,440 | $143,194 | 1,655 | $147,321 |
| 2015 | 1,400 | $139,168 | 1,609 | $138,782 |
| 2014 | 1,279 | $136,994 | 1,589 | $139,455 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | $136,210 | 1,596 | $134,683 |
| 2012 | 1,047 | $129,308 | 1,553 | $133,304 |
| 2011 | 1,023 | $127,645 | 1,467 | $131,315 |
| 2010 | 967 | $126,911 | 1,369 | $127,714 |
| 2009 | 861 | $125,466 | 1,239 | $125,752 |
| 2008 | 685 | $118,823 | 1,095 | $123,272 |
| 2007 | 627 | $119,297 | 1,023 | $121,536 |
| 2006 | 650 | $123,727 | 703 | $116,218 |
| 2005 | 369 | $113,153 | 691 | $115,553 |
| 2004 | 341 | $112,404 | 577 | $113,208 |
| 2003 | 303 | $113,834 | 483 | $110,147 |
| 2002 | 260 | $112,565 | 362 | $110,228 |
| 2001 | 207 | $112,783 | 271 | $110,361 |
| 2000 | 148 | $110,600 | 177 | $111,146 |
| 1999 | 155 | $109,136 | 126 | $113,979 |
| 1998 | 126 | $108,154 | 94 | $113,604 |
| 1997 | 107 | $106,980 | 81 | $114,545 |
| 1996 | 76 | $104,691 | 71 | $112,022 |
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Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Universities. Data runs through 2025.